Arthurdale
N 39° 29.668 W 079° 48.920
17S E 601865 N 4372320
A sign telling when and how the town was built and what type of buildings where here.
Waymark Code: WMD8HC
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 12/05/2011
Views: 8
Arthurdale
Established 1933-34 under Federal Homestead Act, one of several model planned-communities nationwide, and a pet project of Eleanor Roosevelt, to assist unemployed through self-sufficient farming and handicrafts. Town built on 2,400 acres, included 165 homes on 4 acre plots; schools; chicken and dairy farms; furniture, pottery, metal and textile shops; a store, community hall and an inn.
Marker Number: none
Marker Title: Arthurdale
Marker Location: West side of Route 92 in Arthurdale WV
County or Independent City: Arthurdale, WV
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Department of Culture and History, 1984
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